June 25, 2021
We’re getting deep into the NBA playoffs, and with my Suns still alive I’ve been overwhelmed with the amount of national pod content that has necessarily followed the action. (I mean can you blame them with insanity like the Valley Oop ?!) But I’ve also fallen deep down the rabbit hole of searching out pods discussing the new film adaptation of perhaps my very favorite musical of all time, In the Heights . There’s such a range of discussions: the films colorism issues , differences between the stage version and the film , takes from a huge theater fan who hasn’t seen a live production , interviews with an actor , the director , video production pro , a local public radio theater critic and people who absolutely hated it ...and I’m loving every minute! It’s sort of like my own personal movie club in podcast form - I’d recommend it for ITH or really any widely released movie. Even with all of that, I managed to cram a (borderline) healthy amount of pods not related to sports or musical